Agnes Szavay stuns Venus Williams in the third round of Roland Garros
Third seed Venus Williams saved a match point against Lucie Safarova in the second round, but today the American succumbed to Agnes Szavay’s first match point to lose in the third round of Roland...
Ana Ivanovic cruises into fourth round at French Open
Defending champion Ana Ivanovic beat seed No.32 Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 6-0 6-2 to advance to the fourth round of the French Open.
The eighth-seeded Serb was taken to a tiebreaker in the...
Roland Garros names an alley after Justine Henin
Four-time Roland Garros champion Justine Henin, who quit tennis last year while still on top of the rankings, was in Paris on Thursday to attend a ceremony where she was honored with an alley...
Serena Williams into Roland Garros third round, Jelena Dokic leaves injured in tears
Second seed Serena Williams beat 133rd-ranked Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain 6-2 6-0 to move into the third round of Roland Garros. Jelena Dokic, whose comeback I enjoy following, had to retire against fourth...
Venus Williams saves match point against Lucie Safarova to advance at Roland Garros
Third seed Venus Williams saved one match point in the deciding set and soon after converted her first to defeat 46th-ranked Lucie Safarova 6-7(5) 6-2 7-5 in the second round of the 2009 French...
Li Na: the only Asian left at Roland Garros
China’s Li Na, seeded 25th, is the only representative of Asia still alive in the singles draw of Roland Garros 2009 after the fourth day of play.
Li defeated Swiss Timea Bacsinszky 6-1 6-4 to...
Sharapova gets past Petrova, Safina cruises into French Open third round
The most interesting match-up of the day lived up to the expectations with Maria Sharapova defeating No.11 seed Nadia Petrova 6-2 1-6 8-6 in the second round of the 2009 French Open. World No.1...
Serena Williams survives Klara Zakopalova this time
American Serena Williams lost to Czech Klara Zakopalova last month, when they met on the claycourts of Marbella, but the second seed converted her ninth match point to advance to the second round of...
Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova move into French Open second round
Wearing a new colorful EleVen dress, Venus Williams made her way into the second round of Roland Garros. The seven-time Grand Slam champion beat fellow American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-1 4-6 6-2. Maria Sharapova also...
Dinara Safina wastes no time in demolishing Anne Keothavong
Top seed Dinara Safina of Russia powered into the second round of Roland Garros without losing a game to British world No.48 Anne Keothavong.
Some of us thought Keothavong could challenge Safina, as she was...
